CHICAGO — A 13-year-old boy was one of the attackers who violently robbed a man aboard a Red Line train earlier this month, Chicago police said Friday. CPD released images of the suspects last week and asked for help identifying them.
The robbery occurred around 3:55 a.m. on February 3 on a train near the Chinatown-Cermak station, according to a city database and the police press release. CPD’s alert last week said the robbery occurred on the train at 63rd Street.
A 53-year-old man was on the train when the group “aggressively battered” him and took his property, police said.
Investigators arrested the 13-year-old on Thursday to face charges of aggravated robbery and aggravated battery of a transit passenger. No other information was available about the boy or the specific allegations lodged against him because juvenile court cases are shielded by law.
